Jar-cover.



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JAR COVER (Apglication filed Apr. 5. 1901.]

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT EErcE.

WILLIAM G. KERN, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

JAR-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,077, dated July 23,1901.

Application filed April 5, 1901. Serial No. 54,413. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: v

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. KERN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Jar-Covers; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention pertains to a cover or lid. for jars and the like. Theinvention pertains more particularly to a cover for goods contained injars and like receptacles used in grocery and other stocks. Ordinarilysuch goods as pickles, jams, 8210., are either left uncovered to catchdust or are covered by a piece of paper or board; but such methods areundesirable and far from affording the proper protection. Stock of thisnature has often to be thrown away, because persons knowing the mannerin which it is kept will not buy it.

It is my object to provide a cheap, portable, and dust-tight cover whichcan be clamped in place on nearly all receptacles, several sizes beingemployed to meet all sizes of such receptacles.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional elevation of myimproved lid mounted on the top of a jar. Fig. 2 is a front elevation ofthe same device mounted on the jar. Fig. 3 is a plan view of my lid orcover, and Fig. 4. is a perspective view of a portion of a clamp andsupport or rest for the lid.

In the several figures, A indicates a jar upon which is mounted a coverconsisting of the parts B and G. The former portion is provided on topwith a metal clamping device consisting of the body D, secured to saidportion B by screws E This clamp branches at each side to form the forksor prongs F, against which the cover portion 0 rests when raised to thedotted-line position in Fig. 1. A depending arm G on D carries a screwH, which is sufficiently below the top of the jar to engage the usualprojecting lip thereof, as shown. The cover-section B is also providedunderneath with a block B, having a curved surface to correspond withthe curve of the inner side of the jar. This curve is indicated It willbe seen in dotted line B in Fig. 3.

that by the use of said block and the screw H the cover can be rigidlyattached to any desired receptacle. The part 0 is hinged to B and isprovided with a glass J, through which the contents of the jar may beexamined, and a knob L is provided for convenience in raising the lid. Arack for carrying a display-card K is mounted on the top of the clamp Dand consists of a block M, having a slot N, into which said display-cardis set. The screws E E pass through said block and serve to hold both itand the clamp firmly in place at the same time. The forks F serve toreceive a dipping-fork O, as well as to support the lid 0 when thrownback on the hinges I I, as before intimated. By providing one or twosizes of this device any size of jar may be accommodated, as alreadydescribed.

I am not aware of such a jar-cover as I illustrate and describe, andtherefore What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In a jar-cover, the combination of a jar upon which the cover ismounted, the coversections B and O hinged together, the block B securedto the under side of the section B to be within and engage the innersurface of the neck of the jar, the clamp D and the display-card block Msecured to the said section B as described and shown, said clampdepending below the cover opposite the said block B, the screw H thereinfor grasping the jar, and the forked extremities F F of the part D forholding a fork and supporting the hinged section 0 when raisedsubstantially as described and shown.

2. In a jar-cover, the combination of the lid-sections B and O on thetop of the jar, clamp D on the former, the block 13 also on the sectionB at the bottom for the purpose set forth, the display-card holder M,screws E E for securing it and the clamp in place, the glass J in thesection 0 all arranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IVILLIAM O. KERN.

Witnesses:

WALTER H. KIRK, ROBERT N. MCCORMICK.

